The Inter-African Committee, which has been active since the early 1980s, focusing exclusively on the African continent, considered that it was necessary to go beyond providing information, training, education and assistance on the ground and that there was a need to strengthen the common will of the international community to put an end to female genital mutilation, which should be strongly and universally condemned.
Activo desde comienzos de los ochenta, exclusivamente en el continente africano, el Comité Interafricano estimó que era necesario ir más allá de las medidas de información, formación, educación y asistencia sobre el terreno, y reforzar la voluntad de la comunidad internacional de poner fin a las mutilaciones genitales femeninas, que debían condenarse con firmeza unánimemente.